A species of trap-jaw ant has been found to exhibit a previously unseen jumping behavior, using its legs rather than its powerful jaws. The discovery makes this species, Odontomachus rixosus, the only ...

Odontomachus brunneus (IMAGE) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau Caption The leaf-litter ant Odontomachus brunneus is native to the Southeast U.S. It is most active at night. When ...

An aggressive type of trap-jaw ant with a mighty bite is gaining ground in the U.S. southeast, new research finds. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...

Another day, another terrifying crazy animal arrives in Florida. The Daily Mail reported yesterday that a new ant native to South America, called Odontomachus haematodus, had been found across the ...

It's not much to look at in the beginning. This is the first larval phase of a trap-jaw ant emerging from its egg. New research published in the journal Myrmecology News finds that trap-jaw ants ...

This species of trap-jaw ant, Odontomachus relictus, is only found in Florida. It is a cousin of O. haematodus, a South American species that has recently taken hold along the Gulf Coast. (Magdalena ...

Trap-jaw ants, with their spring-loaded jaws and powerful stings, are among the fiercest insect predators, but they begin their lives as spiny, hairy, fleshy blobs hanging from the ceiling and walls ...